The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has teamed up with 10 legislators to put up a "parliamentary alliance" that will focus on food security and nutrition in the Philippines.
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Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the WTO and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the FAO, launched the book at the sidelines of the Aid for TradeGlobalReview on 12 July 2017. WTO's Christiane Wolff and Devin McDaniels, two of the authors, also talk about the publication.
Download the book for free:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news17_e/publ_12jul17_e.htm

On May 11, 2015 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), together with the French Embassy in Italy, are organizing the international conference "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" under the patronage of Commissariat Général de la France at Expo 2015. The conference will be held at FEEM, in Milan at 6:30 p.m.
Climate change directly impacts agricultural production. It triggers accelerated growth and early flowering in certain plants as well as changes in the rural agricultural calendar and viticultural practices. In addition to changes to the species’ growth itself, they are also increasingly impacted by the spread of pathogens and pests over a wider geographic area and the decrease in usable water and land resources. While crops in some parts of the world benefit from the changing climate, anthropogenic climate change is posing an overall negative impact on agriculture and the food security that is dependent on it.
Agriculture and food will play a prominent role in the post-2015 development agenda. The agro-food sector alone accounts for some 80 percent of total freshwater use, 30 percent of total energy demand, and 12-30 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With global food production expected to increase 70 percent by 2050, the sector is facing unprecedented resource pressures, with more on the horizon.
A sustainable development path for future food systems will require transformative changes in technologies, policies and behavior of all actors along the whole food chain. New technologies and new business models for farming and food processing will need to play a major role. R&D investment in the agro-food sector is a prerequisite for achieving a sustainable intensification of agriculture and wise investments would need to become available in the next 10-20 years.
Agriculture and its associated food practices play a two-sided role in the climate change challenge. On the one hand, agriculture is in itself a major contributor to the atmospheric greenhouse gases that cause climate change. On the other hand, crops also capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it, thereby mitigating part of the greenhouse gas effect.
Whether the goal is climate change mitigation or adaptation, we need to develop strategies that intelligently manage agriculture and food supply. This is essential if we are to ensure that the ten billion people who will inhabit this planet by 2050 have access to sufficient and nutritious food. And that this access is sustainable.
More information at: http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=7350&sez=Events&padre=80

Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO; French: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Italian: Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates as "let there be bread". As of 8 August 2013, FAO has 194 member states, along with the European Union (a "member organization"), and the Faroe Islands and Tokelau, which are associate members.

History

The idea of an international organization for food and agriculture emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century, advanced primarily by the US agriculturalist and activist David Lubin. In May–June 1905, an international conference was held in Rome, Italy, which led to the creation of the International Institute of Agriculture.

Food security

Food security is a condition related to the supply of food, and individuals' access to it. Concerns over food security have existed throughout history. There is evidence of granaries being in use over 10,000 years ago, with central authorities in civilizations including Ancient China and Ancient Egypt being known to release food from storage in times of famine. At the 1974 World Food Conference the term "food security" was defined with an emphasis on supply. Food security, they said, is the "availability at all times of adequate world food supplies of basic foodstuffs to sustain a steady expansion of food consumption and to offset fluctuations in production and prices". Later definitions added demand and access issues to the definition. The final report of the 1996 World Food Summit states that food security "exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life".

Climate change

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as "global warming".

Scientists actively work to understand past and future climate by using observations and theoretical models. A climate record—extending deep into the Earth's past—has been assembled, and continues to be built up, based on geological evidence from borehole temperature profiles, cores removed from deep accumulations of ice, floral and faunal records, glacial and periglacial processes, stable-isotope and other analyses of sediment layers, and records of past sea levels. More recent data are provided by the instrumental record. General circulation models, based on the physical sciences, are often used in theoretical approaches to match past climate data, make future projections, and link causes and effects in climate change.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has teamed up with 10 legislators to put up a "parliamentary alliance" that will focus on food security and nutrition in the Philippines.
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Food wastage footprint

FAO and WTO: Trade and food standards

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the WTO and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the FAO, launched the book at the sidelines of the Aid for TradeGlobalReview on 12 July 2017. WTO's Christiane Wolff and Devin McDaniels, two of the authors, also talk about the publication.
Download the book for free:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news17_e/publ_12jul17_e.htm

On May 11, 2015 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), together with the French Embassy in Italy, are organizing the international conference "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" under the patronage of Commissariat Général de la France at Expo 2015. The conference will be held at FEEM, in Milan at 6:30 p.m.
Climate change directly impacts agricultural production. It triggers accelerated growth and early flowering in certain plants as well as changes in the rural agricultural calendar and viticultural practices. In addition to changes to the species’ growth itself, they are also increasingly impacted by the spread of pathogens and pests over a wider geographic area and the decrease in usable water and land resources. While crops in some parts of the world benefit from the changing climate, anthropogenic climate change is posing an overall negative impact on agriculture and the food security that is dependent on it.
Agriculture and food will play a prominent role in the post-2015 development agenda. The agro-food sector alone accounts for some 80 percent of total freshwater use, 30 percent of total energy demand, and 12-30 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With global food production expected to increase 70 percent by 2050, the sector is facing unprecedented resource pressures, with more on the horizon.
A sustainable development path for future food systems will require transformative changes in technologies, policies and behavior of all actors along the whole food chain. New technologies and new business models for farming and food processing will need to play a major role. R&D investment in the agro-food sector is a prerequisite for achieving a sustainable intensification of agriculture and wise investments would need to become available in the next 10-20 years.
Agriculture and its associated food practices play a two-sided role in the climate change challenge. On the one hand, agriculture is in itself a major contributor to the atmospheric greenhouse gases that cause climate change. On the other hand, crops also capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it, thereby mitigating part of the greenhouse gas effect.
Whether the goal is climate change mitigation or adaptation, we need to develop strategies that intelligently manage agriculture and food supply. This is essential if we are to ensure that the ten billion people who will inhabit this planet by 2050 have access to sufficient and nutritious food. And that this access is sustainable.
More information at: http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=7350&sez=Events&padre=80

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How Food Can Be Used As A Political Weapon

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Considered by the UN as a human right, food, like water, can be a powerful bargaining tool for people and governments alike. So, just how powerful is food?
Learn More:
Agricultural trade in 2013: EU gains in commodity exports
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/trade-analysis/map/2014-1_en.pdf
"With agri-food exports reaching €120 billion in 2013, the EU28 became the world's number one exporter of agricultural and food products."
The World of Corn
http://www.ncga.com/upload/files/documents/pdf/WOC%202013.pdf
"When it comes to making an impression, no other crop tells a story as compelling as corn."
Russian food embargo leaves Europe with glut of fruit, pork and mackerel
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/ukraine-europe-news
"A glut of French pears, warehouses full of German sausage, rotting Polish peppers and unwanted Scottish mackerel: Russia's move to ban European food imports in retaliation for EU sanctions is having a telling effect across a continent already slouching towards another recession."
Lessons of the GrainEmbargo
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/34274/robert-l-paarlberg/lessons-of-the-grain-embargo
"The urge to teach someone a lesson seldom inspires sound policy. "
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FAO Policy Series: Sustainable Agribusiness & Food Value Chains

http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/agribusiness-development/en/
Small-scale producers provide over 70% of the world’s food needs, while agribusinesses are one of the main generators of employment and income worldwide. Improving the sustainability of food value chains can massively benefit the rural poor. Florence Tartanac, Senior Officer of the FAO Nutrition and FoodSystemsDivision together with Eva GálvezNogales, Agribusiness Economist of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Division explain the importance of Integrating smallholders into food value chains to reduce poverty and improve food security for millions of poor households in developing countries. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy messages. This video forms part of a series of policy and governance videos be...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has teamed up with 10 legislators to put up a "parliamentary alliance" that will focus on food security and nutrition in the Philippines.
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published: 22 Jan 2018

Understanding Climate-Smart Agriculture

www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/
This video explains the climate-smart agriculture approach including its objectives and why it is needed.
Climate change will hit farmers, herders and fishers the hardest. The Climate-smart agriculture approach promotes the development of the technical, policy and investment conditions to achieve sustainable agricultural development for food security under a changing climate. It seeks to: increase sustainably agricultural productivity and incomes, help adapt and build resilience to climate change impacts and wherever possible, reduces and/or removes greenhouse gases.
To make climate-smart agriculture a reality we need to: expand the evidence base; improve policies; empower local institutions; and combine new financing options. Let’s make sure our agric...

Food wastage footprint

FAO and WTO: Trade and food standards

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the WTO and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the FAO, launched the book at the sidelines of the Aid for TradeGlobalReview on 12 July 2017. WTO's Christiane Wolff and Devin McDaniels, two of the authors, also talk about the publication.
Download the book for free:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news17_e/publ_12jul17_e.htm

Agriculture in the Philippines

http://www.fao.org/philippines/en/
Agriculture is the lifeblood of the Philippines. It feeds a population of over 100 million people while contributing an average of 10 percent to the GDP and providing employment to a third of the country’s labour force. This video features the sector’s role in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, as well as Ambisyon Natin 2040, the collective vision of Filipinos for the country and the kind of life they hope to live by 2040.
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FAO Policy Series: Global Governance

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The world is increasingly complex and interconnected. International agreement and collective action are needed more than ever before to tackle the many global problems we face. Governance is more than ever a driving concern in FAO’s work and is critical to achieving FAO’s Strategic Objectives. Michael T. Clark, SeniorCoordinator of the Governance and PolicyUnit, FAO Economic and Social DevelopmentDepartment together with Dr. Irene Hoffmann, Secretary of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture explain the importance of governance at all levels. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy messages on various areas of work. This video forms part of a series of policy and governance videos being produced by FAO in 2016.
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http://www.fao.org/family-farming/detail/en/c/436408/
Agriculture is a key economic sector in the Mediterranean employing nearly a quarter of the region’s workforce and has shown substantial growth in recent years.
The Mediterranean faces a number of social and economic challenges. Youth unemployment is high and the region’s fast-growing population will likely reach 360 million by 2030, increasing the demand for food, jobs and energy. Water scarcity is another obstacle as is the increasing frequency of drought and other natural disasters caused by climate change.
Investing in sustainable agrifood value chains and inclusive agribusiness in the Mediterranean region was the focus of a high-level forum on 21 September 2016 in the Albanian capital, Tirana. The event was hosted by the Food and...

published: 17 Oct 2016

Cultiver ensemble - L'intensification agricole au Niger

How Food Can Be Used As A Political Weapon

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Considered by the UN as a human right, food, like water, can be a powerful bargaining tool for people and governments alike. So, just how powerful is food?
Learn More:
Agricultural trade in 2013: EU gains in commodity exports
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/trade-analysis/map/2014-1_en.pdf
"With agri-food exports reaching €120 billion in 2013, the EU28 became the world's number one exporter of agricultural and food products."
The World of Corn
http://www.ncga.com/upload/files/documents/pdf/WOC%202013.pdf
"When it comes to making an impression, no other crop tells a story as compelling as corn."
Russian food embargo leaves Europe with glut of fruit, pork and mackerel
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/ukraine-europe-news
"...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has teamed up with 10 legislators to put up a "parliamentary alliance" that will focus on food security and nutrition in the Philippines.
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FAO and WTO: Trade and food standards

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepar...

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the WTO and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the FAO, launched the book at the sidelines of the Aid for TradeGlobalReview on 12 July 2017. WTO's Christiane Wolff and Devin McDaniels, two of the authors, also talk about the publication.
Download the book for free:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news17_e/publ_12jul17_e.htm

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the WTO and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the FAO, launched the book at the sidelines of the Aid for TradeGlobalReview on 12 July 2017. WTO's Christiane Wolff and Devin McDaniels, two of the authors, also talk about the publication.
Download the book for free:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news17_e/publ_12jul17_e.htm

On May 11, 2015 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), together with the French Embassy in Italy, are organizing the international conference "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" under the patronage of Commissariat Général de la France at Expo 2015. The conference will be held at FEEM, in Milan at 6:30 p.m.
Climate change directly impacts agricultural production. It triggers accelerated growth and early flowering in certain plants as well as changes in the rural agricultural calendar and viticultural practices. In addition to changes to the species’ growth itself, they are also increasingly impacted by the spread of pathogens and pests over a wider geographic area and the decrease in usable water and land resources. While crops in some parts of the world benefit from the changing climate, anthropogenic climate change is posing an overall negative impact on agriculture and the food security that is dependent on it.
Agriculture and food will play a prominent role in the post-2015 development agenda. The agro-food sector alone accounts for some 80 percent of total freshwater use, 30 percent of total energy demand, and 12-30 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With global food production expected to increase 70 percent by 2050, the sector is facing unprecedented resource pressures, with more on the horizon.
A sustainable development path for future food systems will require transformative changes in technologies, policies and behavior of all actors along the whole food chain. New technologies and new business models for farming and food processing will need to play a major role. R&D investment in the agro-food sector is a prerequisite for achieving a sustainable intensification of agriculture and wise investments would need to become available in the next 10-20 years.
Agriculture and its associated food practices play a two-sided role in the climate change challenge. On the one hand, agriculture is in itself a major contributor to the atmospheric greenhouse gases that cause climate change. On the other hand, crops also capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it, thereby mitigating part of the greenhouse gas effect.
Whether the goal is climate change mitigation or adaptation, we need to develop strategies that intelligently manage agriculture and food supply. This is essential if we are to ensure that the ten billion people who will inhabit this planet by 2050 have access to sufficient and nutritious food. And that this access is sustainable.
More information at: http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=7350&sez=Events&padre=80

On May 11, 2015 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), together with the French Embassy in Italy, are organizing the international conference "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" under the patronage of Commissariat Général de la France at Expo 2015. The conference will be held at FEEM, in Milan at 6:30 p.m.
Climate change directly impacts agricultural production. It triggers accelerated growth and early flowering in certain plants as well as changes in the rural agricultural calendar and viticultural practices. In addition to changes to the species’ growth itself, they are also increasingly impacted by the spread of pathogens and pests over a wider geographic area and the decrease in usable water and land resources. While crops in some parts of the world benefit from the changing climate, anthropogenic climate change is posing an overall negative impact on agriculture and the food security that is dependent on it.
Agriculture and food will play a prominent role in the post-2015 development agenda. The agro-food sector alone accounts for some 80 percent of total freshwater use, 30 percent of total energy demand, and 12-30 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With global food production expected to increase 70 percent by 2050, the sector is facing unprecedented resource pressures, with more on the horizon.
A sustainable development path for future food systems will require transformative changes in technologies, policies and behavior of all actors along the whole food chain. New technologies and new business models for farming and food processing will need to play a major role. R&D investment in the agro-food sector is a prerequisite for achieving a sustainable intensification of agriculture and wise investments would need to become available in the next 10-20 years.
Agriculture and its associated food practices play a two-sided role in the climate change challenge. On the one hand, agriculture is in itself a major contributor to the atmospheric greenhouse gases that cause climate change. On the other hand, crops also capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it, thereby mitigating part of the greenhouse gas effect.
Whether the goal is climate change mitigation or adaptation, we need to develop strategies that intelligently manage agriculture and food supply. This is essential if we are to ensure that the ten billion people who will inhabit this planet by 2050 have access to sufficient and nutritious food. And that this access is sustainable.
More information at: http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=7350&sez=Events&padre=80

How Food Can Be Used As A Political Weapon

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Considered by the UN as a human right, food, like water, can be a powerful bargaining tool for people and governments ali...

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Considered by the UN as a human right, food, like water, can be a powerful bargaining tool for people and governments alike. So, just how powerful is food?
Learn More:
Agricultural trade in 2013: EU gains in commodity exports
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/trade-analysis/map/2014-1_en.pdf
"With agri-food exports reaching €120 billion in 2013, the EU28 became the world's number one exporter of agricultural and food products."
The World of Corn
http://www.ncga.com/upload/files/documents/pdf/WOC%202013.pdf
"When it comes to making an impression, no other crop tells a story as compelling as corn."
Russian food embargo leaves Europe with glut of fruit, pork and mackerel
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/ukraine-europe-news
"A glut of French pears, warehouses full of German sausage, rotting Polish peppers and unwanted Scottish mackerel: Russia's move to ban European food imports in retaliation for EU sanctions is having a telling effect across a continent already slouching towards another recession."
Lessons of the GrainEmbargo
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/34274/robert-l-paarlberg/lessons-of-the-grain-embargo
"The urge to teach someone a lesson seldom inspires sound policy. "
Watch More:
Could Climate ChangeCause A ChocolateApocalypse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ55QwfZPYs
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Considered by the UN as a human right, food, like water, can be a powerful bargaining tool for people and governments alike. So, just how powerful is food?
Learn More:
Agricultural trade in 2013: EU gains in commodity exports
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/trade-analysis/map/2014-1_en.pdf
"With agri-food exports reaching €120 billion in 2013, the EU28 became the world's number one exporter of agricultural and food products."
The World of Corn
http://www.ncga.com/upload/files/documents/pdf/WOC%202013.pdf
"When it comes to making an impression, no other crop tells a story as compelling as corn."
Russian food embargo leaves Europe with glut of fruit, pork and mackerel
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/ukraine-europe-news
"A glut of French pears, warehouses full of German sausage, rotting Polish peppers and unwanted Scottish mackerel: Russia's move to ban European food imports in retaliation for EU sanctions is having a telling effect across a continent already slouching towards another recession."
Lessons of the GrainEmbargo
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/34274/robert-l-paarlberg/lessons-of-the-grain-embargo
"The urge to teach someone a lesson seldom inspires sound policy. "
Watch More:
Could Climate ChangeCause A ChocolateApocalypse?
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has teamed up with 10 legislators to put up a "parliamentary alliance" that will focus on food security and nutrition in the Philippines.
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FAO and WTO: Trade and food standards

Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the WTO and José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the FAO, launched the book at the sidelines of the Aid for TradeGlobalReview on 12 July 2017. WTO's Christiane Wolff and Devin McDaniels, two of the authors, also talk about the publication.
Download the book for free:
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news17_e/publ_12jul17_e.htm

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FAO 70th Anniversary –1945-1955

http://www.fao.org/70/1945-55/en/
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On May 11, 2015 Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG) and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), together with the French Embassy in Italy, are organizing the international conference "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" under the patronage of Commissariat Général de la France at Expo 2015. The conference will be held at FEEM, in Milan at 6:30 p.m.
Climate change directly impacts agricultural production. It triggers accelerated growth and early flowering in certain plants as well as changes in the rural agricultural calendar and viticultural practices. In addition to changes to the species’ growth itself, they are also increasingly impacted by the spread of pathogens and pests over a wider geographic area and the decrease in usable water and land resources. While crops in some parts of the world benefit from the changing climate, anthropogenic climate change is posing an overall negative impact on agriculture and the food security that is dependent on it.
Agriculture and food will play a prominent role in the post-2015 development agenda. The agro-food sector alone accounts for some 80 percent of total freshwater use, 30 percent of total energy demand, and 12-30 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. With global food production expected to increase 70 percent by 2050, the sector is facing unprecedented resource pressures, with more on the horizon.
A sustainable development path for future food systems will require transformative changes in technologies, policies and behavior of all actors along the whole food chain. New technologies and new business models for farming and food processing will need to play a major role. R&D investment in the agro-food sector is a prerequisite for achieving a sustainable intensification of agriculture and wise investments would need to become available in the next 10-20 years.
Agriculture and its associated food practices play a two-sided role in the climate change challenge. On the one hand, agriculture is in itself a major contributor to the atmospheric greenhouse gases that cause climate change. On the other hand, crops also capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it, thereby mitigating part of the greenhouse gas effect.
Whether the goal is climate change mitigation or adaptation, we need to develop strategies that intelligently manage agriculture and food supply. This is essential if we are to ensure that the ten billion people who will inhabit this planet by 2050 have access to sufficient and nutritious food. And that this access is sustainable.
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